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He

• Pron

  Honorific alternative letter-case form of he, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

• Name

was

1. first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
2. third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
3. (colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
4. second-person singular simple past indicative of be; were.
5. (colloquial) first-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.
6. (colloquial) third-person plural simple past indicative of be; were.

first

• Adj

  1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
  2. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.
  3. Of or belonging to a first family.
  4. Coming right after the zeroth in things that use zero-based numbering.

• Adv
• Noun
• Verb
• Noun

bishop

• Noun

  1. An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
  2. An overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) an official in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.
  3. (obsolete) The holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc.
  4. (obsolete) Any watchman, inspector, or overlooker.
  5. A chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day.
  6. The chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English.
  7. Any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaverbird closely related to the widowbirds.
  8. A ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
  9. A flowering plant of the genus Bifora.
  10. A sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port.
  11. A bustle.
  12. A children's smock or pinafore.

• Verb
• Verb

of

• Prep

  1. Expressing distance or motion.
  2. (obsolete) Expressing distance or motion.
  3. Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
  4. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
  5. Expressing separation.
  6. Expressing separation.
  7. (obsolete) Expressing separation.
  8. Expressing origin.
  9. Expressing origin.
  10. Expressing origin.
  11. Expressing origin.
  12. Expressing origin.
  13. Expressing agency.
  14. Expressing agency.
  15. Expressing agency.
  16. Expressing composition, substance.
  17. Expressing composition, substance.
  18. Expressing composition, substance.
  19. Expressing composition, substance.
  20. Expressing composition, substance.
  21. Introducing subject matter.
  22. Introducing subject matter.
  23. Introducing subject matter.
  24. Having partitive effect.
  25. Having partitive effect.
  26. Having partitive effect.
  27. Having partitive effect.
  28. Expressing possession.
  29. Expressing possession.
  30. Expressing possession.
  31. Forming the "objective genitive".
  32. Forming the "objective genitive".
  33. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
  34. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
  35. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
  36. (informal) Expressing qualities or characteristics.
  37. Expressing a point in time.
  38. Expressing a point in time.
  39. Expressing a point in time.
  40. Expressing a point in time.
  41. (informal) Expressing a point in time.

• Verb
• Symbol

Hong Kong

1. A city in southeastern China, located on an island east of the Pearl River delta in the South China Sea; formerly owned by the United Kingdom.
2. An island in southeastern China, Hong Kong Island, the site of the city of the same name, lying off Guangdong (Canton) province.
3. A special administrative region of China, which includes the city and island of the same name as well as nearby islands and the Kowloon Peninsula.
4. A colony of the United Kingdom, which previously administered the area of the present-day Chinese special administrative region.

to

• Particle

  1. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
  2. As above, with the verb implied.
  3. Used to indicate an obligation on the part of, or a directive given to, the subject.
  4. In order to.

• Prep
• Adv

mainland China

1. The People's Republic of China, viewed as the general geographical region administered by the PRC in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War (as opposed to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan which are coastal and insular areas)
2. Also used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mainland, China.